bleak
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As with many climate change stories, it can all sound pretty bleak.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
The lawyer said Murrell had been publicly humiliated and faced a "bleak and solitary" future.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
In her story of ill-starred lovers and class divisions set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, England, Emily Brontë creates two contrasting visions of home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Eliot theorized in his 1925 poem “The Hollow Men,” a bleak assessment of life after the first world war.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Elizebeth trusted only a few close friends with the bleak truth.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing bleak
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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